Desert Harvest has spent over 27 years supporting the Interstitial Cystitis / Bladder Pain Syndrome (IC/BPS) community with the highest quality and highest concentration of 100% organic freeze-dried Aloe per capsule with no fillers, anthraquinones, or insoluble fiber.

We have done the research and surveyed over 20,000 IC/BPS customers to know what works for them, in what dosage, and how long it takes to feel the positive effects. Most other supplement companies know little to nothing about IC/BPS, why and how Aloe Vera works, nor is their product dosage specific to what the IC/BPS customer needs.

The thing that makes Desert Harvest Unique is our Super-Strength Aloe Vera continues to be the natural go-to for IC/BPS pain, urgency, and frequency relief.

Things to consider when purchasing another brand:

Desert Harvest sponsored the first double-blind, placebo-controlled clinical trial of oral aloe vera for IC patients and formulates supplements and skincare products that help and support the IC/BPS community find relief and improvement in their day-to-day lives.

Desert Harvest Super-Strength Aloe Vera Capsules have been shown in clinical trials to effectively reduce bladder pain, urinary frequency and urgency, pelvic pain, and urethral burning that are a part of many bladder disorders, but especially IC/BPS. Our Aloe Vera preserves glycosaminoglycans (GAGs) which adhere to the bladder mucosal lining, preventing potentially irritating solutes in the urine from reaching the bladder wall with its high concentration of nutrients. No harsh chemicals or side effects.

An estimated 4 to 12 million people in the United States suffer from IC/BPS, 90 percent of whom are women. Many people with IC/BPS are either misdiagnosed or undiagnosed.

Because Aloe Vera is antibacterial, antifungal, antibiotic, analgesic, anesthetic, antiseptic, antiviral, antimicrobial, antifungal, and anti-inflammatory, and because there are no harsh side effects, it adds many more elements to the pain relief and improvement in day to day life for the IC/BPS sufferer.

“Compassion, patience, acceptance, and surrender — these are but a few of the ways that living with chronic pain has changed me. It broke me down, creating space for me to rebuild myself. It encouraged me to yell at God so that I could intentionally create a relationship with something larger than myself. It forced me to prioritize myself and my healing above all else, for, without your health, you have nothing to give.

It feels like a bad dream. Looking back, I’ve been engulfed by a completely debilitating case of Interstitial Cystitis for the better part of my adult life. It has defined me. Thankfully, it has not destroyed me. One of the major turning points in my healing journey came when, after 12 years of being a “bladder cripple,” as one doctor called me, I started taking Desert Harvest Super-Strength Aloe. This hands down saved my life.

I started taking DHA  just after separating from my ex-husband of 15 years. During that painful time of my life, physically, mentally, and emotionally, the only work I was able to do was to nanny two toddlers for a friend at minimum wage. I was only able to have access to this incredible supplement because of the company’s aptly named Compassionate Assistant Program (CAP) designed to address these exact kinds of circumstances. Desert Harvest Aloe made their priceless product available to me free of charge, as my income was below the poverty level. And during COVID, it has continued to be a godsend, as my work was furloughed by the quarantine.

Five years after I started taking it, I am mostly recovered. I show up for my life now. From walking my daughter through virtual school to building a life coaching business and finishing the book that captures my healing journey — I am alive and thriving.

From experiencing pain-free sex within a healthy romantic relationship to maintaining my sisterhood of social support, both contributing to and receiving their love and guidance — I am alive and thriving. From finding a doctor who really listens to me, empathizes with me, and holds space for my healing, to become healthy enough to get my driver’s license and buy my first car at the age of 38 — I am alive and thriving.

By healing my body and spirit I’ve become unstoppable. I was able to sit through three hours of negotiation during my divorce. I flew on airplanes and hiked mountains. I took my daughter to a movie theatre for the very first time. I put together a fundraiser and took her and her step-brother on vacation to Legoland too! I took myself on dates to the thrift store and tried on clothes for as long as I wanted. I went home to New Mexico from Washington DC for a wedding and a funeral. My life is mine to savor.

There were countless nights I spent sitting in a bathroom, alone, in too much pain to sleep. Time stood still then, as the world passed by without me. Now my schedule is filling up and my new struggle is figuring out how to balance building the career of my dreams with full-time motherhood while maintaining a healthy social life. I can handle healthy people’s “problems.” It’s truly a privilege to rest when I get tired, knowing the repercussions for overexerting myself won’t include spending the next three days completely incapacitated, sitting on the toilet in anguish.

So, I feel like the battery bunny. I do everything, take every opportunity given to me, engage with everyone I meet with purity and wonder. There’s so much I’ve missed. All that matters to me now is being the best possible mother, friend, and partner to my chosen family and serving the community that supported me in my journey to recovery. I would not be where I am today without the support of my people, prioritizing a healthy diet and daily exercise, pelvic floor physical therapy, endless journaling/prayer, some prescription medication, and taking the full suggested dose of Desert Harvest Aloe Super Strength Aloe. This supplement removed my pain and helped my body to heal. It gave me wings to fly and the freedom to live my best life.

To the founders and team at Desert Harvest Aloe, thank you. There isn’t a day that goes by that I’m not grateful for the work you do. And I know that if I hadn’t found my way out of the haze of severe and constant pain, I wouldn’t have had it in me to live with this non-terminal disease. Your work not only improves the quality of the lives of your customers, which is significant, but it saves their lives as well. It saved mine.”

Read what others say about Desert Harvest.

In 2002, Dr. Kristene E. Whitmore M.D. published Complementary and Alternative Therapies as Treatment Approaches for Interstitial Cystitis citing Desert Harvest Super-Strength Aloe Vera among the nutraceuticals effective for managing IC symptoms.

According to a 2016 survey, 660 Desert Harvest Super-Strength Aloe Vera customers responded:

• How many mg of pure Aloe Vera nutrients are contained per capsule?
• How many capsules per day does the IC/BPS customer need to take from another brand for the recommended dosage needed?
• Are there any fillers or artificial ingredients?
• Are there any anthraquinones that are carcinogens/irritants found to cause diarrhea?
• Are they made with organic Aloe Vera, are the capsules vegan, non-GMO, Kosher certified?
• Do they have a clinical study with IC/BPS patients and is their recommended dosage specific to IC/BPS?
• Do they have testimonials from Urologists, Pelvic Pain specialists, and IC/BPS customers about their experiences?
• What is the cost per capsule/bottle based on the above answers?

Based on the recommended IC/BPS dosage of 3600 mg per day, many brands are not affordable in the long run although they initially seem so. Some brands have so little Aloe Vera per capsule it would require you to take up to 72 capsules per day.

 Desert Harvest is the most affordable and effective Aloe for IC/BPS. Read what others say about Desert Harvest.

Aloe juices are nearly 98% water with little to no nutrient value.

Excerpts from “Aloe Vera: A Mission Discovered” By Lee Ritter

If you take a 10,000-gallon vat and put one gallon of Aloe vera juice in it and then add 9,999 gallons of water, you can advertise that it contains 100 percent pure stabilized Aloe vera. That has been the position of the Food and Drug Administration to date. One FDA representative said to me, “It’s not our responsibility to say how much water is in a tomato, an orange, or in Aloe vera.”

Dr. Reginald McDaniel indicated to me that of over 200 Aloe vera beverages tested in the mid-1980s, only three contained a sufficient content of Aloe to be of any medical value to the consumer. The tests that I have run would indicate that even today, less than one percent of readily available brands contain acceptable levels of Aloe vera.

The harm that is done by putting out an aloe vera beverage with only diluted, minute quantities of aloe vera in it is tremendous. The consumer receives no benefit and comes to the conclusion that aloe vera doesn’t work.

In every case where someone has told me that aloe vera did not do them any good, the story has been the same. There were insufficient quantities of aloe vera in the drink.

The blame for selling worthless products should not be placed on the health food stores for the most part. The distributor tells them that it is a good product and they purchase it for their customers. They don’t have any idea how to test it. Even the label says, “One Hundred Percent Pure, Stabilized Aloe Vera”. Remember, that label does not tell you how much aloe vera is in the bottle, just that what is there is pure. It’s the producers and distributors who incur my wrath. They know exactly what they are doing.

There are over 1,000 brands of aloe vera available on the market, most of which are privately labeled by about 20 producers. Senator Orrin Hatch spoke to the health food industry. He indicated that the greatest threat to them is their inability to control themselves, particularly those who deliberately misrepresent their product or its potential value. It was the dilution problem that brought me to the conclusion that the purchase of a concentrate was the best and safest approach. With a concentrate, you know how much aloe vera you are taking.

There are other problems besides that of dilution in purchasing a product. How is the aloe prepared? Much of the chemical value of the Aloe Vera plant is found in the leaves. However, just under the rind is a yellow sap called Aloin. This substance is a very strong laxative and needs to be removed. The process is complicated. Aloe Vera juice is mostly water. All the remaining chemicals together amount to no more than one percent of the aloe leaf. In that one percent, there are over 200 different constituents or ingredients. The manner in which they work on each other and together (synergism) is not scientifically understood. Thus, it is essential that all of the ingredients be retained and not altered. Research studies show that using just the mannose from the aloe plant and nothing else doesn’t work as well as the entire plant.